Dzukou Valley, Nagaland & Manipur

Dzukou Valley, Nagaland & Manipur

This landscape is like nothing I’ve ever encountered and is so intensely beautiful and otherworldly! From dawn till dusk the ever changing weather, light and…


Dzukou Valley, Nagaland & Manipur

Dzukou Valley, Nagaland & Manipur

A true valley of flowers! From afar the valley looks like a green carpet, but as you come closer you notice more and more color hues. When you finally reach…


Dzukou Valley, Nagaland & Manipur

Dzukou Valley, Nagaland & Manipur

When you first get a glimpse of Dzukou valley you are mesmerized, as it is so different from all the valleys, hills and mountains surrounding it. It is a…


Silhouette Island, Seychelles

Silhouette Island, Seychelles

During my stay on Silhouette Island I experienced many amazing dawns and dusks, with dramatic cloudscapes and beautiful colors. But just days before, the…


Silhouette Island, Seychelles

Silhouette Island, Seychelles

More than 90% of this island is protected, and only a small slice of land on the eastern shores is developed. Walk the trails or alongside the shores and you…


Yellow-breasted Antpitta (Grallaria flavotincta)

Yellow-breasted Antpitta (Grallaria flavotincta)

According to Angel Paz we arrived a bit late (09:00 being the latest this Antpitta would respond to "hails", which was our time of arrival at this location).…


Dark-backed Wood Quail (Odontophorus melanonotus)

Dark-backed Wood Quail (Odontophorus melanonotus)

Yet another species of bird that Angel Paz has connected with so that visitors can see what is usually very hard to even get a glimpse of.


Giant Antpitta (Grallaria gigantea)

Giant Antpitta (Grallaria gigantea)

Not far from Tandayapa - about 45 minutes by car - the Paz family changed their ways from tradition to bird and eco-tourism. Something that would not have been…